Lamp-burner.



W. COLINA.

LAMP BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 0, 1913.

1,080,537.. Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

A llama UNITED g'i r-i ilto PATEN '1 OFFICE.

WILLIAM COLINA, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 SCOVILL MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

LAMP-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. t tented Dec. 9, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM ConiNA, a citizen of the United States, residing atlVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Lamp-liurners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to simplify and economize in the construction of that type of lamp burners wherein a burner cone is hingedly secured to the cap which contains a wick tube, wick adjuster and chimney support.

A common method heretofore employed in hinging the cone to the rap is to provide the cone with a hinge-knuckle which receives a wire pintle, the ends of the pintle being passed through holes in the cap and then clenched, so that the cone may be turned on its hinge to cover and uncover the Wick tube. ()ther expedients have been devised for hinging the cone to the cap or gallery of the burner; but so far as I am aware it is original with me to provide a hinge composed of a slot in the cap or gallery and a tongue on the cone passed through the slot and. having its end which underlies the cap or gallery so formed, as by rolling it upon itself, as to elfect a pern'ianent and inseparable hinging union of the cone and cap, and it is this construction which constitutes my invention, as I will proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawin s illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is an elevation of the cone. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the cap. F 3 is a vertical section of the finished burner.

The cone 1, may be of any approved construction, having the spring tongue 2, to engage the edge of a slot 3 in the cap 4L to hold the cone in position to cover the wicktube, as in use, and to release it when it is desired to turn it back to uncover the wicktube. Opposite this tongue 2, is a depending tongl'le 5, preferably integral with the cone, and adapted to be passed through a slot 6 in the cap, and then having its end rolled or curled up, as at 7, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l. and shown in full lines in Fig. 3, and thereby securely fixing the cone to the cap in a hinging manner, so

that the cone may be turned upon the cap to cover and uncover the wick tube 8 and adjacent parts. Any other obstruction in hering in the tongue and applied to the tongue beneath the cap that will permit the hinge action of the cone and prevent its escape from the cap, may be substituted for the rolling or curling, although the latter is preferred. By this means a separate knuckle and pintle are rendered unnecessary, and the time and expense of making and assembling them, and of clenching the pintle on the cap, are saved. ll urthermore, the cone and cap may be assembled more accurately than where a wire fastening is used.

larts shown in the drawings and not herein described, are of usual construction.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A lamp burner, having a cap provided with a slot, and a cone provided with a tongue passed through said slot and having its underlying end tliormed with an obstruction by which it is held against escape through said slot irrespective of the position of the cone.

2. A lamp burner, having a cap provided with a slot, and a cone provided with a tongue passed through said slot and having its underlying end rolled upon itself to anchor the cone hingedly and inseparably on the cap.

3. A lamp burner, having a cap provided with a slot, and a cone having any integral tongue passed through said slot and provided with an integral obstruction underlying the cap and serving to prevent the escape of the tongue from said slot and to effect the hinging of the cone to the cap without recourse to extraneous hinge elements.

.In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of April A. D. 19.13.

\VILLIA M COIJNA. lVitnesses E. S. SANDERSON, IIELEN M. Bassn'r'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

